Promoting and protecting worker health, safety and well-being

The Workplace Health Research Network (WHRN), active from October 2014 through September 2016, sought to engage employers, employees and communities to advance knowledge and implement effective, comprehensive and integrated approaches to promote and protect worker health, safety and well-being. The types of approaches supported by the WHRN included research on environmental, policy, and systems interventions; and behavioral aspects contributing to individual employee health. A key focus was integrated, multi-component interventions that addressed multiple health risks and concerns in various worksite settings, sectors, and sizes. Its members conducted research across its six network centers, crossing academic affiliations and geographic boundaries. The WHRN was a thematic research network of the Prevention Research Centers (PRCs), which are the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) flagship program for preventing and controlling chronic diseases.

List of Funders

The Work Place Health Research Network was supported by Cooperative Agreement Number 3U48DP005017-01S1 from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Prevention Research Centers Program.

WHRN Members

The WHRN was comprised of five funded research institutions and one funded coordinating center. For more information about current worker health-related projects at these centers, follow these links.